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Know the difference between watches and warnings
With severe weather season quickly approaching, some confusion arises over the difference between a severe watch and a severe warning.
Continue ReadingWith severe weather season quickly approaching, some confusion arises over the difference between a severe watch and a severe warning.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Donald Trump want to delay the start of his upcoming New York criminal trial until the US Supreme Court weighs in on presidential immunity, according to a new motion – a ruling that may not come until late June. The criminal trial related to hush money
Continue ReadingBy Saeed Ahmed, CNN (CNN) — There are more than 8 billion people in the world. And about a quarter of them are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For an entire month. It’s Ramadan, and it’s the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. In 2024, it runs from March 10 to April 19.
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as former President Donald Trump is voicing opposition to the effort. House leadership has scheduled a vote
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups have agreed to address pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that officials say has been contaminating waterways on both sides of the border for many years. The deal announced Monday would establish independent boards to study the pollution’s
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Politicians are closing in on the required number of votes needed to pass federal legislation that requires AM radios in every new car. The prevalence of AM broadcast radio has dipped in recent decades as more listeners turn to options such as satellite radio and podcasts
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president on Monday called on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product as Russia puts its economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine. President Andrzej Duda made
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to new obstruction of justice charges in a New York court. The new charges were in a rewritten indictment returned last week against the Democrat in Manhattan federal court. Menendez and his wife Nadine entered the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — An edited photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her family that several news agencies have since pulled for evidence of manipulation raises a thorny question: In an age when digital editing tools are more widespread and easier than ever to use, what even is
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Three Belgian climate activists who were previously sentenced to prison for a protest targeting Johannes Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring” will no longer face any punishment for their actions, a Dutch court of appeal ruled on Monday. The demonstrators, who are part of the campaign group Just
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook once again finds itself in the crosshairs of former President Donald Trump. And that’s making some traders on Wall Street nervous. Meta Platforms (META), the owner of Facebook and one of the stars of the recent market rally, fell about 4% on Monday after Trump called
Continue ReadingBy ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In the new Peacock limited series “Apples Never Fall,” which debuts Thursday, Annette Bening plays a wife and mother who goes missing. Her adult children are suspicious of their father, portrayed by Sam Neill. His behavior since the disappearance has been questionable. In the family drama that ensues, long-kept secrets
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Oscar telecast always juggles three major objectives: Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home. The second one of
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer The Oscars are over and the winners are now on the books, but you’re still behind on watching? No worries. Here’s a guide on where to watch Sunday’s triumphant, though nominees that missed out on a statuette are worthy, too. Think “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Rustin,” “Past
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman will serve as acting secretary when Marcia Fudge’s resignation takes effect March 22. The White House says President Joe Biden will nominate a permanent replacement for Fudge as secretary but has offered no timeline. Fudge is a former Ohio
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press The warden of a troubled federal women’s prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure as FBI agents on Monday hauled boxes of evidence from the facility in an apparent escalation of a yearslong investigation that put a former warden and other employees behind
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump have submitted petitions seeking to force a recall election targeting Wisconsin’s top elected Republican, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Vos angered them when he refused to impeach the official who oversees the battleground state’s elections. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission will
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are prepared to provide more than $2 billion in funding toward a publicly owned stadium in the city, signaling a shift in focus away from building a new home in the suburbs. Team president Kevin Warren says the new stadium would “bring a
Continue ReadingPolice in Nashville are asking for help to find a University of Missouri student and fraternity member last seen at a bar over the weekend.
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